Vice-Provost, Academic

Karim Dharamsi, PhD

Vice-Provost Academic

Dr. Karim Dharamsi, PhD has been appointed as Vice-Provost Academic, effective July 1, 2023. 

As Vice-Provost, Karim will uphold the value of teaching excellence as a central mission of Mount Royal, while advancing the institutional academic priorities of the University. This is an important role that provides strategic leadership for the Academic Development Centre and oversees key academic initiatives such as new program development, academic quality assurance, general education, innovation in teaching and learning, experiential learning, and other strategic priorities resulting from the Academic Plan.

Karim is a Professor of Philosophy and has a longstanding history with MRU, having first joined in 2009 from the University of Winnipeg to serve as an Associate Professor and Coordinator in the Department of General Education. Karim then moved on to the role of Chair of General Education from 2011 to 2021. Karim also served as Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at St. Mary’s University from 2021 to 2022.

Karim is a board member of the Association of General and Liberal Studies, an organization of international scholars and practitioners that focuses on general education. He is also a supporter of Scholars at Risk, an organization located at New York University that is committed to helping scholars who are facing grave threats to their lives and liberty for their scholarship and research.